2. Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Insaturable
(In*sat"u*ra*ble) a. [L. insaturabilis: cf. F. insaturable. See In- not, and Saturable.] Not
capable of being saturated or satisfied.
Inscience
(In"science) n. [L. inscientia: cf. F. inscience.] Want of knowledge; ignorance. [Obs.]
Inscient
(In"scient) a. [L. insciens, -entis, ignorant. See In- not, and Scient, Science.] Having little
or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly. [R.] N. Bacon.
Inscient
(In"scient), a. [Pref. in- in + L. sciens knowing.] Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. [R.]
Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun.
Mrs. Browning. Insconce
(In*sconce") v. t. See Ensconce.
Inscribable
(In*scrib"a*ble) a. Capable of being inscribed, — used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane
figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.
Inscribableness
(In*scrib"a*ble*ness), n. Quality of being inscribable.
Inscribe
(In*scribe") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] [L. inscribere. See
1st In-, and Scribe.]
1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Pope. 2. To mark with letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
Pope. 3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an
ode to a friend. Dryden.
4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle,
or in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed in another triangle, when the three angles of the
former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches
each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary
plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is circumscribed about the former.
Inscriber
(In*scrib"er) n. One who inscribes. Pownall.
Inscriptible
(In*scrip"ti*ble) a. Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.
Inscription
(In*scrip"tion) n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See
Inscribe.]
1. The act or process of inscribing.
2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved
on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins,
medals, etc.
